Oh When Will They Ever Learn?

More and more schools are thumbing their noses at Title IX while other school district see the light.

This High School Won’t Let This Student Run For Prom King Because of His Transgender Identity
By Fresh U Editors
April 4, 2016

Tremper High School – located in Kenosha, WI – is refusing to let one student run for Prom King because of his transgender identity. Ash Whitaker, a junior at Tremper, says the high school also does not respect his gender identity or allow him to use the correct bathroom while at school.

In an email, he told Fresh U: "The principal and an assistant principal, who are also receiving a directive from the ESC (administration offices of the district), told me I was not allowed to run for prom king. I have had numerous meetings with them to see if they would change their minds. This was not the first time I was discriminated [against] because of my sex. They offered the female restroom or the staff bathroom which is buried in the main office, but is nowhere near any of my classes. It could take up to 15 minutes just to go and use the restroom and come back."

This issue has been settled by the courts all around the country and many schools around the country have allowed trans students to run for homecoming king and queens with no problems. But once in awhile we get some stubborn school officials who want to let their bigotry rule over the law.

And then up in New Hampshire a school district near where our family have our cottage a school district is wrestling with the school trans policy.

Hooksett tackles proposed school transgender policy
Union Leader
By Jason Schreiber
April 5, 2016

HOOKSETT — The Hooksett School District is the latest to consider a new policy aimed at addressing restroom and locker room accessibility and other needs of transgender and gender non-conforming students.

The school board took up the proposed policy for the first time Tuesday night, with some members questioning whether it was really needed and others voicing concerns about how bathroom and locker room use would be handled in a way that makes all students comfortable.

“It’s tough to balance everything out,” said board member Phil Denbow, who added that the policy seemed “radical.”

The policy was drawn up at the recommendation of the New Hampshire School Boards Association and was not prompted by any current issues involving transgender or gender non-conforming students.
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The policy states that students must have access to a restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

“Any student who has a need or desire for increased privacy, regardless of the underlying reason, should be provided access to a single-stall restroom, but no student shall be required to use such restroom,” the policy states.

Superintendent Charles Littlefield said students who feel uncomfortable that a transgendered student is using the restrooms would also have the right to ask to use a private restroom.

The policy does the right thing; it follows the law and is also the moral thing to do.